Issue Briefs
Education and Gender Equality: It’s about Quality and Context
By Joanne Lu
Boys and girls in schoolroom, Africa. Photo: ludi via Pixabay.
Girls’ education has been back in the news since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Certainly, some of the attention stems from a desire to gauge whether the Taliban has progressed in its beliefs and values. But for Afghan communities, and many others around the world, girls’ education is so much more than just a benchmark.
Education is a fundamental human right that remains unattainable for millions of children around the world, but especially girls. By some estimates, girls are four times more likely to be out of school than boys from the same background. Read More
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